The family will receive friends at Amory Funeral Home in Grafton on Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Dr. Jay Russ will conduct the service on Thursday, July 27, at 11a.m. at Stevens Memorial. Following the service, Gerri will be laid to rest in Peninsula Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Gerri's memory to Stevens Memorial Baptist Church, 224 Richneck Road, Newport News, VA 23608.

I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown.